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Removing Leading and Trailing Whitespace with the strip() Function

The strip() function removes whitespace (such as spaces and tabs) from both the beginning and end of a string.

Example of using the strip() function
text = "   Hello, nice to meet you!   "

stripped_text = text.strip()

print(stripped_text)  # "Hello, nice to meet you!"

This function is commonly used to clean up user input by removing unnecessary spaces and normalizing the text.

Removing Specific Characters​

You can also remove specific characters from both ends of a string by passing them as an argument to the strip() function.

Example of removing specific characters
text = "xxxHello, nice to meet you!xxx"

stripped_text = text.strip('x')

# "Hello, nice to meet you!"
print(stripped_text)

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